4. Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay: From Torrentfreak: "Years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal." Time to flee the country, fellas!

1. Big Ben Goes Digital – 1980 was donkey’s years ago, wasn’t it? Prince Charles was still single, Ronald Reagan hadn’t yet been elected, and women’s work suits were only beginning to grow shoulder pads that would eventually reach frightening proportions. Oh, and lots of people got digital watches. Also in 1980, the BBC reported that Big Ben was being given a facelift to keep up with modern times and would be fitted with a digital readout. Everyone was suitably outraged, except for a Japanese seaman afloat in the Atlantic. The BBC Japanese service announced that the clock hands would be sold to the first four callers, and the sailor immediately radioed in his bid.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I'm nipping over to the BW common room to join Andy and Paul in munching some fresh New Zealand fish that Paul's speareheaded and flew home with... delicious.

How is the top gear thing even slightly funny?
It's just a lie, it's an entirely believable, quite reasonable story and actually a good idea. perhaps that's supposed to be the joke? that the bbc would do something smart.
I don't think the writer of that article quite get's the concept of april fools day, it's supposed to be something funny, you should make somebody believe something absurd.
I drive a Midnight Blue Vauxhall Astra
HAHA April Fools! it's actually dark green.